In 1914 Europe exploded into what was called the “War to end all wars”, which the USA had tried to stay out of. The war saw the introduction of many new weapons such as the use of ‘Aeroplanes’, which required using light flexible wood for the frames. The best wood to use was from Spruce…
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Lorine (Mom) Pursley Farrell
By Jim Farrell On May 3, 2022, she would have been100 years-old, an age she wanted to achieve, but she died three and a half years ago. This lady was raised in the logging camps of the Olympic Peninsula, on the “west end”, where the only way to even reach Port Angeles, WA was by…
Port Neville, A historical Port in a Storm
(Given the current administration of our country and the chaos not only here in the US, but even how it now affects our northern neighbors, maybe it’s time to look back to a time the Canadians welcomed us into their lives). Editor Every trip through the Inside Passage going to and from SE Alaska is…
THE HORSE,THE BOAT, AND THE LADY B
By Jim Farrell We were riding our anchor at Mud Bay, Lopez Island in our “new to us” Lady B, a Hughes North Star 38, waking up in the V-berth the morning after a great run from Bellingham. Becky, my new to sailing wife, rolled over and began to tell me of her dream of…
A Tale of River Rats, Ladies of the Evening and Rumrunners
By Jim Farrell Ah, after our long drawn-out winter, now is the time too head down to the boat and begin our summer of water adventures. Some Columbia River sailors will head out across the Bar and head north or south while most of us with just a little time will cruise the mighty Columbia,…